#norman carver

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Inside Detroit (1956) Fred F. Sears

January 1st 2023

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Eddie doesn’t see Jason for a couple days, not until he’s hiking back to the club after a “fun” singles match with Miriam so she could test his skills accrual. As he drags himself across the sidewalk, he swears that, when this is over, he’s never exercising ever again.

He's not quite in sight of the basketball courts when he hears the tell-tale thump of a ball hitting the ground. He hopes it’s maybe Lucas Sinclair getting in some practice, club dads getting a few shots in, and not—

Tommy. Andy, Patrick. Chance. They’re standing around, seem to be arguing, Hagan giving the ball an aggressive bounce every so often.

Eddie wants no part of whatever those guys have going on, and he speeds up to get by before he catches their attention. It almost makes him miss Steve and Jason sitting together on the metal bleachers. It almost makes him miss how their heads are tilted together, chestnut hair blending with blond. It almost makes him miss the way Steve’s arm is loosely draped over Carver’s shoulders.

Steve leans closer, says something in Jason’s ear that makes both men tip their heads back in laughter.

It hits like the first light of sunrise, rage so hot and thick he gags on it. Fucking Harrington. He doesn’t even have to work for it. Carver is already eating out of his hand, gazing at Steve like he’s the fucking second coming.

Before he can dry heave onto the pristine sidewalk, Tommy’s raised voice yanks his attention from the fucking Norman Rockwell painting of peak American masculinity that is Jason and Steve.

“Come-fucking-on, Patrick,” Tommy shouts. “You said you’d play.”

“Yeah, I did, Hagan. And your ass was late and now I have to go.”

“Just cause your wife says.” Tommy spits the word wife like it tastes like poison in his mouth.

“I don’t know what to tell you, man. We have plans.”

“You’re a fucking pussy, dude.”

“Fuck you. We all know if you pulled this shit with Carol, she’d have your nuts in a goddamn vice.”

Tommy flushes a truly ugly color, mouth opening to snarl back, but Harrington pops up between them with an appeasing smile on his pretty face.

“No worries, Patrick.” Steve pats his shoulder. “See you tomorrow, yeah?”

Patrick nods and hurries off to the club, while Tommy whirls on Steve.

“Fuck, dude, it’s not that big a deal.” Steve pulls his hand through his hair.

Tommy winds the ball up like he’s about to lob it across the court when his eyes hit Eddie, who hasn’t moved.

He’s so stupid.

Chapter 11 of Forever is the Sweetest Con live now on ao3!

[eddieredmayneargentinablog]

New post: "Taylor Sheridan’s ‘Landman,’ ‘The Day of the Jackal’ Starring Eddie Redmayne Lead SkyShowtime’s Upcoming Content Slate (EXCLUSIVE)".

By Ellise Shafer, Jun 3, 2024.

SkyShowtime has revealed its upcoming content slate for 2024 and beyond, including the anticipated new series “Landman” from Taylor Sheridan and “The Day of the Jackal” starring Eddie Redmayne.

Landman,” starring Billy Bob Thornton and Demi Moore and described as a “modern-day tale of fortune seeking in the world of oil rigs,” is coming exclusively to the European streaming service later this year. Meanwhile “The Day of the Jackal,” which also stars Lashana Lynch, is a 10-part series adaptation based on Frederick Forsyth’s novel and the subsequent 1973 film that follows a lone assassin (Redmayne) and the MI6 agent (Lynch) determined to hunt him down. The streaming date for “The Day of the Jackal” has yet to be announced.

(Excerpt) The Day of the Jackal”: TBA

This contemporary reimagining of the iconic thriller stars Academy, Tony and BAFTA award-winner Eddie Redmayne as The Jackal, an unrivaled and highly elusive lone assassin, and Lashana Lynch as Bianca, a tenacious MI6 agent in a relentless, global pursuit to catch him. Úrsula Corberó, star of global hit series “La Casa De Papel” (“Money Heist”), stars in the series as Nuria, someone at the heart of The Jackal’s personal life, entirely unaware of who he truly is. Other stellar cast include Charles Dance featuring in the role of Timothy Winthrop, Richard Dormer as Norman, Chukwudi Iwuji as Osita Halcrow, Lia Williams as Isabel Kirby, Khalid Abdalla as Ulle Dag Charles, Eleanor Matsuura as Zina Jansone, Jonjo O’Neill as Edward Carver and Sule Rimi as Paul Pullman. The 10-part adaptation is based on the seminal novel by Frederick Forsyth and subsequent award-winning 1973 film from Universal Pictures.

[itsthemysterykids]

Which SVTFOE Queen would they be?

Coraline: Solaria the Monster Carver

Wybie: Rhina the Riddled

Norman: Eclipsa the Queen of Darkness

Neil: Comet the Chef

Dipper: Skywynne Queen of Hours

Mabel: Festivia the Fun

Raz: Estrella the Drafted

Lili: Moon the Undaunted

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STRAIGHT GIRLS, GIRLS THAT ARE NOT TRANS!!DONT READ X MALE STUFF YOU HAVE YOUR OWN!!

What I will write for 😁

•Stranger things:

Dustin Henderson

Lucas Sinclair

Eddie Munson

Steve Harrington

Will Byers

Mike Wheeler

Jonathan Byers

Jason Carver

•The promised neverland:

Don

Ray

Norman

•Demon Slayer:

All male hashira

Tanjiro

Zinitzu(sorry if spelt wrong)

Inosuke

Muzan

Akaza

Doumra

Male demons

(If you request an anime that I have not watched I will watch that anime immediately or just some clips so I know what character your talking about)

What I will write:

Fluff

Angst

MALE X BOTTOM MALE READER

What I won’t write:

SMUT(I don’t feel comfortable writing it sorry)

ALSO IF YOU HAVE AN OC I WILL WRITE THE OC’S NAME INSTEAD OF Y/N

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welcome to pinksopaque : a semi selective , low activity multimuse blog written by yours truly , featuring canon & original characters ( mostly from horror ) as well as other media ! please read the rules before interacting ! all muses will be under the cut .

memes . plots . open starters .

THE MUSES .

billy loomis , played by brigette lundy paine . ( they / them pronouns ) . serial killer . 27 , pansexual .

joe goldberg , played by penn badgley . serial killer , former husband , former bookkeeper , obsessive stalker . early 30s , pansexual .

love quinn goldberg , played by emilija baranac . joe goldberg's equally obsessive wife , killer . 26 , pansexual .

gaby , played by addison rae . victim of john carver , college student . 23 , pansexual .

sidney prescott , played by simone ashley . former author , high school teacher , survivor of the woodsboro slasher . 28 , pansexual .

the man in the mask , played by glen powell . serial killer , stalker . 32 , pansexual .

eric newlon , played by oscar isaac . sheriff of plymouth , serial killer . 43 , bicurious .

demetria holland , played by brigette lundy paine . ( they / them pronouns ) . graduated law student , interning at a law firm . 27 , pansexual .

mindy meeks martin , played by jasmin savoy brown . college student at blackmore university , 1 / 3 of the ghostface killers . 20 - 21 , lesbian .

harry osborn , played by brigette lundy paine . ( they / them pronouns ) . spoiled brat from norman osborn's blood , owner of oscorp industries , former best friend of peter parker . 29 , pansexual .

astrid bishop , played by brigette lundy paine . ( they / them pronouns ) . archaeology major . 27 , pansexual .

callisto holmes , played by brigette lundy paine . ( they / them pronouns ) . scavenger , amateur pilot of the resistance . 29 , pansexual .

hange zoe , animated . ( they / them pronouns ) . 14th commander of the survey corps , titan extraordinaire . 31 , heterosexual .

mei mei , animated . jujustu sorcerer . 33 , bisexual .

billie callahan , played by brigette lundy paine . ( they / them pronouns ) . assistant to roman roy at waystar royco . 28 , pansexual .

kenji tanaka , played by mackenyu arata . high school teacher / football coach . 28 , pansexual .

jeremiah adelman , played by milo manheim . college student majoring in film studies . 23 , pansexual .

leia marchetti , played by nell verlaque . college student graduate , content creator . 23 , pansexual .

tatum riley , played by bebe wood . survivor of the woodsboro slasher , college graduate . 22 , pansexual .

norman bates , played by benjamin wadsworth . owner of bates motel , killer . 24 , bisexual .

richie tozier , played by mekki keeper. 1 / 7 of the losers club , stand up comedian . 29 , homosexual .

himeno , animated . public safety devil hunter . mid 20's , bisexual .

nita d'alia , played by amrit kaur . hotel front desk clerk , bartender on the weekends . 29 , pansexual .

maggie akiyama , played by midori francis . former law intern , current caretaker of the elderly . 29 , pansexual .

analia varma , played by maitreyi ramakrishnan . biology major , grocery store clerk , online personality . 22 , pansexual .

maddy wilson , played by brigette lundy paine . former high school student , soul lost through the pink opaque . 23 - 29 , lesbian . ( they / she pronouns ) .

lorenzo alcaraz , played jordan gonzalez . college substitute teacher by day , bartender by night . 32 , pansexual .

[byneddiedingo]

Eleanor Powell and Fred Astaire in Broadway Melody of 1940 (Norman Taurog, 1940)

Cast: Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell, George Murphy, Frank Morgan, Ian Hunter, Florence Rice, Lynne Carver, Ann Morriss, Trixie Firschke. Screenplay: Leon Gordon, George Oppenheimer, Jack McGowan, Dore Schary. Cinematography: Joseph Ruttenberg, Oliver T. Marsh. Art direction: Cedric Gibbons. Film editing: Blanche Sewell. Music: George Bassman, George Stoll; songs by Cole Porter. 

"Glorious Technicolor," as a song in Silk Stockings (Rouben Mamoulian, 1957) dubs it, was the hallmark of MGM's musicals, starting with The Wizard of Oz (Victor Fleming, 1939). The fourth and final iteration of MGM's series that started with the Oscar-winning (but now laughably antique) The Broadway Melody (Harry Beaumont, 1929) and continued with Broadway Melody of 1936 (Roy Del Ruth, 1935) and Broadway Melody of 1938 (Del Ruth, 1937) was supposed to be in color, but uncertainty about the European market where war was breaking out caused the studio to cut back on the budget. But who needs Technicolor when you have talent like Cole Porter, Fred Astaire, and Eleanor Powell, especially in the big shiny black set for the finale, with Astaire and Powell dancing to "Begin the Beguine"? We probably won't see the likes of that again ever. For that matter, who needs a plot? Most movie musical screenplays were just threads to string the gems on, and the one for Broadway Melody of 1940 is no exception. Astaire and George Murphy play a down-and-out dance team, one of whom gets a chance at the big time, performing with Powell in a new Broadway show. The problem is that there's a mixup about which one is owed the big break. Astaire's character is the one picked by the talent-scouting producer (Frank Morgan), but through the kind of mishap that mis-happens only in the movies, the co-producer (Ian Hunter) thinks that Murphy's character is the one he's chosen. Both guys fall in love with Powell's character, of course, and everything has to be sorted out. Norman Taurog had a good hand with this sort of comedy, thankfully, and Morgan's befuddlement, which also involves an ermine cape that he lends his dates, is moderately amusing. The only flaw is that the movie follows the tradition of its predecessors in inserting vaudeville-style specialty acts between the musical numbers, so we endure extended routines by a juggler and a comic soprano before Astaire, Powell, and Murphy can sing and dance again. This was the only teaming of Astaire and Powell, and each was reportedly intimidated by the other. Powell's dance style was more athletic and acrobatic than Astaire's, and it's demonstrated spectacularly in her solo number "All Ashore," but any fears that their styles might not mesh were put to rest by their duets to "I Concentrate on You" and "Begin the Beguine." Murphy gets shown up by both, and he looks ridiculous dancing on tippy-toes in the "Between You and Me" duet with Powell, which may be why he quit hoofing and went into politics.

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Learn more about the complicated history of this holiday with these nonfiction recommendations.

Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick

How did America begin?

This simple question launches acclaimed author Nathaniel Philbrick on an extraordinary journey to understand the truth behind our most sacred national myth: the voyage of the Mayflower and the settlement of Plymouth Colony. As Philbrick reveals in this electrifying new book, the story of the Pilgrims does not end with the First Thanksgiving; instead, it is a fifty-five-year epic that is at once tragic and heroic, and still carries meaning for us today.

This Land is Their Land by David J. Silverman

In March 1621, when Plymouth's survival was hanging in the balance, the Wampanoag sachem (or chief), Ousamequin (Massasoit), and Plymouth's governor, John Carver, declared their people's friendship for each other and a commitment to mutual defense. Later that autumn, the English gathered their first successful harvest and lifted the specter of starvation. Ousamequin and 90 of his men then visited Plymouth for the “First Thanksgiving.” The treaty remained operative until King Philip's War in 1675, when 50 years of uneasy peace between the two parties would come to an end.

400 years after that famous meal, historian David J. Silverman sheds profound new light on the events that led to the creation, and bloody dissolution, of this alliance. Focusing on the Wampanoag Indians, Silverman deepens the narrative to consider tensions that developed well before 1620 and lasted long after the devastating war-tracing the Wampanoags' ongoing struggle for self-determination up to this very day.

This unsettling history reveals why some modern Native people hold a Day of Mourning on Thanksgiving, a holiday which celebrates a myth of colonialism and white proprietorship of the United States. This Land is Their Land shows that it is time to rethink how we, as a pluralistic nation, tell the history of Thanksgiving.

We Gather Together by Denise Kiernan

From Ancient Rome through 21st-century America, bestselling author Denise Kiernan brings us a biography of an idea: gratitude, as a compelling human instinct and a global concept, more than just a mere holiday. Spanning centuries,  We Gather Together is anchored amid the strife of the Civil War, and driven by the fascinating story of Sarah Josepha Hale, a widowed mother with no formal schooling who became one of the 19th century’s most influential tastemakers and who campaigned for decades to make real an annual day of thanks.

Populated by an enthralling supporting cast of characters including Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, Sojourner Truth, Walt Whitman, Norman Rockwell, and others,  We Gather Together is ultimately a story of tenacity and dedication, an inspiring tale of how imperfect people in challenging times can create powerful legacies. 

Thanksgiving by Melanie Kirkpatrick

We all know the story of Thanksgiving. Or do we? This uniquely American holiday has a rich and little-known history beyond the famous Pilgrim feast of 1621.

Melanie Kirkpatrick journeys through four centuries to craft a vivid portrait of our nation's best-loved tradition in Thanksgiving: The Holiday at the Heart of the American Experience. Drawing on newspaper accounts, official documents, private correspondence, and cookbooks, she illuminates what the holiday has meant to generations of Americans.

Presidents play key parts: Washington proclaimed our first national day of Thanksgiving amid controversy over his constitutional power to do so. Lincoln aimed to heal a fractured nation when he called for all Americans to mark a Thanksgiving Day. FDR sparked a debate on states’ rights by changing the traditional date of the holiday. The story also includes the evolution of Thanksgiving dinner, how football became part of the celebration, and how Native Americans view the holiday.

While the rites and rituals have evolved, the essence of Thanksgiving remains the same: family and friends feasting together in a spirit of hospitality and gratitude. Kirkpatrick's exploration of America’s oldest tradition offers a fascinating look into the meaning of the holiday we celebrate on the fourth Thursday of November.

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The Guest (2014)

Is there any way that I can get David to come out of my shower but not do any of the psycho robe killer stuff?  Dan Stevens is an incredible, ruthless presence in this film, delivering a mixture of Terminator, Norman Bates, and Michael Myers that is at once charismatic and alienating.  He has just the right moves in all the right places at the Halloween party and when destroying the bullying jocks.  But when he retreats to his room, he stares blankly at the wall, needing “very little sleep” by his own admission.  A ruthless killer (or precise pumpkin carver) when driven to do so, he nevertheless has a sociopathic need to draw others under his influence.  While the script gives us enough of that to understand, Dan Stevens pushes things forward.  Even when he’s plausibly deniable by movie standards, his eyes belie the truth, always roving about, gazing, calculating.  He gives the right mix of menace, awkward fatherhood, and cool stranger in precisely the right instances.  

Speaking of narrative efficiency, this film knows just when and how to escalate the action.  At the half hour mark, a grander conspiracy is introduced in the form of Lance Reddick’s corporation, the affirmation of suspicions held earlier.  But by the end of the film, that breathless shadowy corporate thread is irrelevant.  Maj Carver is dead and David has escaped.  We know something bigger is at hand, but cannot possibly manage to stop it.

Relentless cool describes so much of this movie’s finale.  The final sequence set in the town’s Halloween maze is a gorgeous flex of lush colors and insane 80s-inflected but entirely unique set design.  How this was made by a bunch of high schoolers is insane, but who gives a shit.  We find ourselves in a kaleidoscopic nightmare of shimmering ribbons and mirrors, laser light and chains.  This is the full realization of the worldview, David stalking his quarry through a misty landscape of pumpkin and witch masks.  It’s here, as well in an earlier clothesline scene, that Wingard fully admits Carpenter as an influence, basically putting the Silver Shamrock masks on full display.

What drives in this heightened closure is the War on Terror misery of the opening acts.  Some people just “come back different” from the war indeed.  This is an early 00’s family in extremis, one son lost to the corporate greed of the Iraq war, a daughter stuck at home as she tries to find sustaining employment.  The father, constantly passed over for promotion sinks into drink while his wife casts about for straws.  This is just a more heightened threat for this imploding nuclear family to face.

THE RULES

SIP

Someone mentions Caleb.

David definitely isn’t a robot.

DAD LIKE BEER.

BIG DRINK

Synthwave cues up.

David kills someone.

The BWOOOOOO sound happens.

[dd20century]

Animator and Co-founder of Vignette Films Leo D. Sullivan Dies

According to a story in The Hollywood Reporter, pioneering animator Leo D. Sullivan died on March 25, 2023. Sullivan established Vignette Films with former Walt Disney Studio animator Floyd Norman. According to the Hollywood Reporter, "[Vignette Films] produced educational films about such Black heroes as George Washington Carver and Booker T. Washington and was behind a 1969 Bill Cosby special, 'Hey! Hey! Hey! It’s Fat Albert', for NBC." Sullivan also worked on the team that created the original animated train intro for the 1970s "Soul Train" television show as well as the animated series "I Am The Greatest!: The Adventures Of Muhammad Ali."

Read Sullivan's obit in the Hollywood Reporter.

Read an interview with Sullivan from the Museum of Uncut Funk.

Leo D. Sullivan, Muhammad Ali Model Sheet (1977). Image source

[mach1art]

hi.

my name is candy aka liam. he/him. 29.

scorpio. infp-t. nd. artist. writer. roleplayer. thomas hagan's finest lawyer.

welcome to my blog. 🤡🔥 pls read before you follow me. thanks.

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🚫 no minors, no antis, no hate period or i'll block you if i catch any drama or harassment. i am anti-anti and don't believe in censorship when it comes to fiction.

this is a safe space for multishippers and proshippers. block me if you don't like it idc.

main fandoms:

stranger things

silent hill (mainly the room)

dead by daylight

spree

the quarry

resident evil

misc. horror survival ps2 titles

interests:

🎶music:

machine girl

alex g

the garden

childish gambino

tyler the creator

steve lacey

neon indian

tame impala

toro y moi

capsule

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characters i love: tommy hagan, billy hargrove, steve harrington, carol perkins, heather holloway, jason carver, kurt kunkle, walter sullivan, henry townshend, heather mason, steve burnside, piers nivans, kevin ryman, leon s. kennedy, quentin smith, nick furcillo, negan smith, daryl dixon, simon (dinner in america), william birkin

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"FIVE CHARGES AGAINST TWO HOLDUP MEN," Kingston Whig-Standard. October 12, 1933. Page 1 & 12. --- Miles Pettet and Percy Garrett Captured in Bush at Hillier Yesterday ---- REMANDED FOR WEEK ---- Posse of Police and Farmers Closed in on Robbers - Teller's Story ---- PICTON, Oct. 12 - Five charges were laid against Miles Pettet of Toronto and Percy Garrett of Edmonton today when they appeared before Magistrate A. E. Calnan in Picton police court. They were captured late yesterday after an all-day search for the two men who attempted to rob the Wellington branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce and escaped after beating the manager, Norville Kyle, over the head.

Pettet and Garrett were remanded a week without being asked to plead. Charges against them are robbery while armed, felonious assault, being in possession of offensive weapons, breaking and entering a bank and theft of a car.

Police said they possessed signed statements made by the two, but did not make them public.

A posse of police and farmers surrounded Pettet and Garrett yesterday afternoon near Hillier and seven miles from Wellington, where the attempt to rob the bank was made before the office opened. Kyle disarmed one of the men after being struck on the head with a gun, but could not prevent them from escaping.

Kyle found his teller, Bert Watson, had been securely bound when he reached the bank. The robbers sped out of town in an automobile which police said was stolen in Toronto.

The police were at the scene of the hold-up 15 minutes after it occurred.

Miss Luella Broad, a school teacher who resides in an apartment over the bank, hearing a shuffling noise down- stairs, drew the attention of Norman Wilson, a high school student who was passing at the time. Wilson saw figures in the bank window, and together with Harry Brown, local high school principal, he went over to investigate. In the area at the back of the bank, which is surrounded by a trellis fence, stood Watson, with his hands through the opening in the fence, and with his penknife Brown cut Watson's bonds.

With the arrival of the police the search began. Posses were organized, and townsmen and farmers joined the police in commencing a systematic man-hunt over the countryside in the direction of Wellington and Rosehall, toward which the bandits had driven.

At 2.30 p.m. the car used by the bandits was located near Rosehall, five miles from Wellington. The car is a 29 model, license number J7906 a Toronto license. The police and lo- cal citizens organized a posse and the woods nearby were combed by 150 armed men.

Capture Effected In parties of sixes, some armed with shotguns, rifles, pitchforks, clubs and other weapons, they scoured fields and woods. A party consisting of Thomas Fillingham, George Carver, Godfrey - Upton, Charles Tice, Roscoe Burlingham and Wilson Ainsworth, combed -the southern part of the woods thoroughly, and they were about to give up when Burlinham saw the end of a -shotgun protruding from beneath a clump of sumachs.

"Put 'em up!" he cried and when no movement came he cried again. "Put 'em up! I mean it."

Slowly the two men rose, lifting their hands in the air. Garrett dropped the gun he was carrying. A search revealed no other weapons.

Gunshots brought the crowd of hunters together and the prisoners were marched to the main road where local police took them in charge. The men had left the main road, and owing to the rough road and their high speed, had gone into a ditch. Both were ready to give up, being tired and hungry.

"We just got tough," they said when asked why they did it. Pettet is an ex-Wellington boy, and played junior hockey in 1928 for the village. His father resides in Picton. The prisoner is married, but became estranged from his wife in Toronto for two years.

The Teller's Story At 8 o'clock, Wednesday morning, R. M. Watson, teller of the bank, entered the office.

Walking into the cage, he heard a squeaky voice behind him and felt a hard object being pressed to his side.

"Stick 'em up, we arn't kidding," came the rough command.

"I yelled loudly three times," said Watson. "They gripped me and threw me around the office when I told them I could not open the vault. Though I struggled, they tied my hand and feet with binder twine and dragged me down caller for half an hour, then brought me up again and forced me to sit in a chair. They walked around and waited, sometimes talking in low undertones between themselves. They then searched me and took $40 in cash and my keys. I had received by pay the night previous. While Mr. Kyle was fighting the bandits I was getting my feet free. I then went out the rear door and to the fence where my hands were freed."

[eddieredmayneargentinablog]

News of "The Day of the Jackal" series!

Úrsula Corberó, Charles Dance, Richard Dormer Join Eddie Redmayne in ‘The Day of the Jackal’ Series. (THR, February 23, 2024)

Additional new cast members for the large-scale assassin show for Sky and Peacock, which also stars Lashana Lynch, include Chukwudi Iwuji, Lia Williams, Eleanor Matsuura and Jonjo O’Neill.

Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch will be joined by Úrsula Corberó, known for her role as Tokyo in Netflix hit Money Heist, Charles Dance (Game of Thrones, The Crown) and Richard Dormer (Fortitude, Game of Thrones) in the upcoming TV adaptation of The Day of the Jackal for Sky and Peacock.

Corberó will play Nuria, “someone at the heart of The Jackal’s personal life, entirely unaware of who he truly is,” while Dance will feature as Timothy Winthrop, and Dormer will play a character called Norman.

Also joining the cast are Chukwudi Iwuji (Guardians of the Galaxy, The Split) as Osita Halcrow, Lia Williams (The Capture, The Crown) as Isabel Kirby, Khalid Abdalla (The Crown, The Kite Runner) as Ulle Dag Charles, Eleanor Matsuura (The Walking Dead, I Used To Be Famous) as Zina Jansone, Jonjo O’Neill (Andor, Bad Sisters) as Edward Carver, and Sule Rimi (Classified, Andor) as Paul Pullman.

Redmayne plays the famous fictional assassin in the original series based on the Frederick Forsyth novel and award-winning 1973 film adaptation of the same name from Universal Pictures. The star is also executive producing the show.

The Day of the Jackal is being billed by the producers as a “bold, modern reimagining of the beloved and respected novel and film.” While staying true to the DNA of the original story, which was set in 1962 and based on attempts to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle, this contemporary drama will delve deeper into the chameleon like “antihero” at the heart of the story in a “high octane, cinematic, globetrotting ‘cat and mouse’ thriller,” set amidst the turbulent geo-political landscape of our time.

The Day of the Jackal is being billed as a “bold, modern reimagining of the beloved and respected novel and film.” The original was set in 1962 and based on attempts to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle. The new contemporary version of the drama will delve deeper into the chameleon-like “antihero” at the heart of the story, with the producers promising a “high octane, cinematic, globetrotting ‘cat and mouse’ thriller” set amid the turbulent geo-political landscape of our time.

Cécile Frot-Coutaz, CEO of Sky Studios and chief content officer, said on Thursday that the series is “going to be a massive show for us,” adding: “This is probably one of the most ambitious or large-scale production that we’ve mounted. It’s an epic action thriller.”

[itsthemysterykids]

What is your opinion about Solaria the Monster Carver and Festivia the Fun?

Raz: Solaria is a war mongering tyrant, and Jushtin should’ve been queen. Festivia? She’s cool. I like her.

Mabel: We all love her!

Norman: I like her outfit.

[ncdayhiker]

Recap

Got lazy toward the end with the blog. Will eventually go back and make entries for the last three including pics.

7/3 - Hawksbill Mountain (not a state park) Hawksbill Mountain Trail

7/2 - Elk Knob State Park (Elk Knob Summit Trail)

6/30 - Stone Mountain State Park (Stone Mountain Loop Trail)

6/14 - Jockey's Ridge State Park

6/6 - Raven Rock State Park

6/5 - Carvers Creek State Park

6/3 - South Mountain State Park

5/31 - Pilot Mountain State Park

5/25 - Lake James State Park

5/23 - Chimney Rock State Park

5/13 - Eno River State Park

5/6 - Hanging Rock State Park

4/23 - Crowders Mountain State Park

4/15 - Morrow Mountain State Park

4/12 - Gorges State Park

4/1 - Lake Norman State Park

3/26 - Haw River State Park

3/11 - William B Umstead State Park

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DAVID N. DINKINS (1927-2020)

David N. Dinkins is best known as the first black mayor of New York City. In November 1989, he defeated his challenger, former federal prosecutor Rudolph (Rudy) Giuliani, to become the first African American mayor of New York City. Giuliani. in a 1993 rematch, defeated Dinkins, thus limiting him to one four-year term in office.

David Norman Dinkins was born in Trenton, New Jersey in 1927. After graduating from high school, he enlisted in the Marine Corps at eighteen, and served from 1945 until the end of World War II. After the war, he attended Howard University, graduating with a B.A. in mathematics in 1950. Dinkins moved to New York City, and received a law degree from the Brooklyn Law School in 1956. He was a member of Sigma Pi Phi and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternities

David Dinkins’s political career began when he joined the Carver Club headed by a charismatic politician, J. Raymond Jones, who was known as the Harlem Fox. Dinkins befriended three up-and-coming black New York politicians, Charles Rangel, Basil Paterson Sr., and Percy Sutton. In 1965, Dinkins won his first electoral office, a seat in the New York State Assembly. Shortly afterwards, Dinkins was offered the position of deputy mayor of New York, by Mayor Abraham Beam. Dinkins was unable to accept the post after it was revealed that he had not paid income taxes for the previous four years.

Dinkins did manage to secure the position of city clerk for New York, which he held from 1975 to 1985. On his third run for the office, Dinkins was elected Manhattan’s borough president in 1985. In 1989, Dinkins decided to run for mayor of New York. He surprised political observers by defeating three-time incumbent, Mayor Ed Koch, in the Democratic primaries. Despite facing a strong Republican challenger in former federal prosecutor Rudolph Giuliani, Dinkins narrowly won the mayor’s race.

New York Governor Mario Cuomo and New York Mayor David Dinkins giving awards to Secretary of Defence Richard Cheney; General Colin Powell, and General Norman Schwarzkopf

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Dinkins presided over a city well known for its municipal crises. His term, however, was particularly turbulent because of an unprecedented crack epidemic, and the resulting drug wars that swept through the city. The most seriously affected were the impoverished African American and Puerto Rican neighborhoods, that formed the core of Dinkins’s constituency. The crack epidemic also spawned a crime wave that exacerbated racial tensions.

Two episodes particularly tested the mayor’s ability to be an effective municipal leader. In 1989, shortly after Dinkins took office, a young white woman was allegedly raped and brutalized by marauding black youth in Central Park. Months later, a black teenager was murdered, when he ventured into a white ethnic Brooklyn neighborhood. In both episodes, Dinkins calmed racial tensions, and earned an image as a peacemaker. Although Dinkins presided over a decrease in crime in the city, balanced the city budget by turning a $1.8 billion dollar deficit into a $200 million surplus, and maintained racial peace after the Rodney King verdict sparked rioting in a number of cities across the nation, he never completely shed his image as an ineffective political leader. The 1993 election proved a political rematch of 1989. This time, however, Rudolph Giuliani narrowly defeated David Dinkins for the mayor’s position.

Former Mayor Dinkins accepted a professorship at Columbia University’s Center for Urban Research and Policy in 1994. Although he had endorsed various political candidates, and clashed with fellow New Yorker and presidential aspirant Al Sharpton, Dinkins sought no further elective office.

David N. Dinkins passed away in his Manhattan home on November 23, 2020, at the age of 93. His wife Joyce had predeceased him in October 2020.

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